# Are you happy Atkins?! Twinkies bankrupt! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473 "2004-09-22T13:34:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/21 "2004-09-23T04:33:15Z")
Meh. Zingers are better. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/22 "2004-09-23T05:37:55Z")
> [@badmana](#): > > I lost all hope for humanity after “low carb” coke. Who counts the calories in blow? I mean, if you’re going to get jacked up on nose candy, why would you worry about a couple extra carbs? It isn’t like it’s health food to begin with. It’s probably cut with Drain-o or something, and _that_ is worse for you than any amount of carbs. Damn, that _is_ pitiful. I wonder how the cartels are going to… :: someone whispers in my ear :: Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/23 "2004-09-23T11:58:25Z")
Damnit. Now I am craving twinkies at 7 o’clock in the morning. grrrrrrrrrrr Thanks. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/24 "2004-09-23T12:38:02Z")
It’s simple. We just need to come up with a fad diet based on Twinkies. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/25 "2004-09-23T12:55:30Z")
NPR got the award for the Best Use of a Pop Song in a Serious Story when it used “Baby I’m a-Want You” by… wait for it… Bread. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/26 "2004-09-23T13:01:43Z")
> [@badmana](#): > > I lost all hope for humanity after “low carb” coke. The amusing part is that it has more “carbs” than Diet Coke. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/27 "2004-09-23T13:05:05Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Who counts the calories in blow? I mean, if you’re going to get jacked up on nose candy, why would you worry about a couple extra carbs? It isn’t like it’s health food to begin with. It’s probably cut with Drain-o or something, and _that_ is worse for you than any amount of carbs. Damn, that _is_ pitiful. I wonder how the cartels are going to… > > :: someone whispers in my ear :: > > Nevermind. This made me laugh out loud. (I originally wrote “snort with laughter” and realized I was making an inadvertant bad joke). ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/28 "2004-09-23T13:32:28Z")
> [@Doobieous](#): > > Yes, let’s blame our inability to remake and rennovate our product, on the low-carb “craze”. Yes, because we were too short sighted or not creative enough, we now blame some one or something else for **our** failings. And now, this yackass will explian to all us dunces how to make a low carb Twinkie!!! Please enlighten us! Booo…hisssss, to you. Go piss on someone else’s pity party. Heck, the frigging beef industry was taking a beating for a long time because red meat was considered poison. How could they **not** come out with low-meat versions of beef? Dumbasses. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/29 "2004-09-23T14:19:40Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > I don’t even _like_ Twinkies. :eek: > > I’m the only one, right? The only way I’ll eat a Twinkie is if it’s been dunked in coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/30 "2004-09-23T14:26:43Z")
My God! What will [RJ](http://www.hedgeweb.com/) do? :eek: Will the **Strategic Twinkie Reserve** sustain him? ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/31 "2004-09-23T15:02:59Z")
> [@DeadlyAccurate](#): > > This made me laugh out loud. (I originally wrote “snort with laughter” and realized I was making an inadvertant bad joke). For some reason my brain read it to the tune of the Stonecutters song from the Simpsons… and was disappointed when it didn’t all fit. Who counts the calories in blow? Who makes Twinkies’ profits low? _We dooooo, WE do!_ Who sells lies to the obese? Who’s the sweets and starch police? _We do, we doooo!_ ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/32 "2004-09-23T16:00:57Z")
And to think…I just discovered Devil’s Food Twinkies. Curse you, Dr. Atkins! ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/33 "2004-09-23T17:17:35Z")
Wasn’t there a “Twinkie Alert” a few years ago? I remember everybody running off to buy twinkies, and they were selling on ebay for $20 per box. I’ve never had a Twinkie, and never want to. Although I loooooooooove Ding Dongs, and Susie Q’s, and Snowballs, and Banana Flips ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/34 "2004-09-23T17:26:08Z")
This actually could suck big time for Kansas City, where Interstate Bakeries is located. Lots of jobs lost if they shut down. It’s not just the low-carb craze, either, it’s the monumentally bad management practices the company has endured over the last few decades. Okay, enough “reality” on to your ‘fun’ thread. 🙂 OH, and I really like C2. Not because it’s lower-carb, either. I think it tastes great. Diet Coke tastes like chemical piss, IMeversoHO. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/35 "2004-09-23T17:37:50Z")
Note that the “low carb craze” is just a management excuse. The company has been mismanaged for a couple decades. If the stockholders fire all the top management and start over, the company can come back just fine. Remember: 1. When a company slowly goes south, management always blames someone else. 2. 1. is always a lie. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/36 "2004-09-23T17:42:44Z")
Interstate Bakeries may go out of business, but I bet the various Hostess brands (Twinkies etc.) get sold off to other manufacturers and stay in production. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/37 "2004-09-23T20:02:26Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > Wasn’t there a “Twinkie Alert” a few years ago? I remember everybody running off to buy twinkies, and they were selling on ebay for $20 per box. Wasn’t that on some sitcom or something? ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/38 "2004-09-23T20:48:20Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > Wasn’t there a “Twinkie Alert” a few years ago? I remember everybody running off to buy twinkies, and they were selling on ebay for $20 per box. Are you thinking of the [Great Asbestos Twinkie Recall](http://multinationalmonitor.org/mm1998/mm9801.13.html)? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/39 "2004-09-23T20:48:36Z")
No more Twinkies? How will Batman defeat the Joker this month? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/40 "2004-09-23T20:59:05Z")
Roger Bennati’s [thirty-year-old Twinkie®](http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/article.cfm?ID=428118) just appreciated significantly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473.md?page=3)